Narada Purana — Purva Bhaga, Shloka 12
The Description of the Brahmāṇḍa Purāṇa’s Table of Contents
Anukramaṇī
वेदानां व्यसनाख्यानं स्वायम्भुवनिरूपणम् । शेषमन्वंतराख्यानं पृथिवीदोहनं ततः ॥ १२ ॥
vedānāṃ vyasanākhyānaṃ svāyambhuvanirūpaṇam | śeṣamanvaṃtarākhyānaṃ pṛthivīdohanaṃ tataḥ || 12 ||
Kinh kể về những tai ương giáng xuống các Veda, giải bày thời đại của Svāyambhuva Manu, rồi thuật lại các chuyện Manvantara còn lại, và sau đó mô tả việc “vắt sữa” từ Địa Mẫu.
Suta (narrating the text’s topic-sequence in an anukramanika summary)
Vrata: none
Primary Rasa: shanta
Secondary Rasa: adbhuta
FAQs
It signals a puranic map of sacred history: how revelation (the Vedas) is protected through cycles of time (Manvantaras) and how cosmic order includes sustaining the world (the Earth’s ‘milking’).
Indirectly, by framing devotion within puranic remembrance: hearing and recalling these divine time-cycles and preservation of dharma is presented as a supportive context for Vishnu-centered faith and practice.
It highlights puranic anukramanika-style organization—useful for traditional study and recitation—rather than a specific Vedanga; it functions as a topical index for navigating narratives on Vedic continuity and cosmic chronology.